Figurative Language Review

An idea, thing or an animal – is given human characteristics

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Objects that represent ideas.

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

• alliteration

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

A reference to an important or famous person, place, thing or idea.

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

Shows similarities between two different things with the help of words such as “like” or “as”.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

A strange statement that, cannot be true but also cannot be false.

• paradox

• personification

• Symbolism

Words that describe how something sounds.

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

A comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.

• metaphor

• personification

• paradox

When something happens that is opposite from what is expected.

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

• Allusion

"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D